By Stewart Holloway Face it. As a leader, you are going to to get frustrated . . . aggravated . . . and just plain out mad. Some preachers might say, "I am so grieved in my spirit", but they're just trying to cover the fact that they are ticked off! Things aren't going to go as you had hoped. People are going to disappoint. Nay sayers are going to say. Complainers are going to complain. "Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate." (Thank you, Taylor Swift). It happens to all of us. Preachers have "preacher Mondays." That's when we want to quit because Sunday didn't go quite like we had hoped. Maybe bankers have banker blues, and lawyers have lawyer lulls. I don't know what you call it when you've had enough, but you have those times. And, guess what? It's o.k. Really? Yes! On Wednesday nights at our church, I've been teaching through Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers. These books of the Old Testament cover the story of God, with the assistance of Moses, leading the Israelites out of Egypt and toward the Promised Land. I've been interested to notice how many times Moses got ticked at the Israelites. I mean, sling some spit, kick a cat, scream in a pillow mad! A couple of times he even tells God, … [Read more...]